Key areas of expertise: Restaurant technology Startups SaaS Sales Brandon is a hospitality tech entrepreneur who has used his experience working in operations at the top hospitality groups such as Danny Meyer’s USHG and Patina Restaurant Group to build and scale early stage tech products that help restaurateurs. He is currently CEO of Bite, the […]
Key areas of expertise: Ideation Support Venture Creation Company Launch and Scaling Pitch Coaching Strategy Formulation Felix Litvinsky is a Managing Director of Blackstone LaunchPad at Cornell University. Blackstone LaunchPad is an experiential university wide entrepreneurship program offering coaching, ideation and venture creation support to students, alumni, staff and faculty. Felix Litvinsky is a Founder […]
Key areas of expertise: Real estate development Business strategy International business Innovation and entrepreneurship Bill Minnock ’79 retired from Marriott after a 37 year career in which he held numerous leadership positions in the Hotel and Timeshare industries. Most recently, Bill was Managing Director, Asia Pacific, for Marriott Vacations Worldwide (MVW) from 2014 until 2021, […]
Key areas of expertise: Entrepreneurship Development Concept development Branding Startups Restaurants Dan Leyva, a 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 – Food & Drink Honoree, has led the growth and expansion of numerous companies over the last 10 years, including Wings Over, 7th Street Burger, Tacombi, Ithaca Hummus, MealPal, and more. Originally from San Francisco, CA, […]
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FOOD HACKATHON October 20-22, 2023 | Stocking Hall (Dairy Bar) Waste Reduction, Food Safety, Upcycling, Food Innovation, Food Products, Manufacturing, Shelf Stability, Nutrition, you decide what to focus on. Projects can be very technical or not at all technical. Maybe a new food product, and new system, service, app, business model, hardware, etc. Please check out […]
Event Overview Labor shortages continue to be a critical concern for the hospitality sector. How can technology help companies tackle these issues? Join Professor David Sherwyn of Cornell’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration and Alexander Mirza, founder and CEO of Mogul Hotels, to discover how AI can help address the labor shortage and build human […]
Key areas of expertise: Wine, beer, and spirits distribution Branding Working with big retail Viticulture and enology Marisa Sergi, a third-generation winemaker, is one of the forces behind L’uva Bella Winery. After earning a B.S in winemaking from Cornell University and moving to California to work for the largest winery in the U.S., she moved […]
Key areas of expertise: Ideation Support Venture Creation Company Launch and Scaling Pitch Coaching Strategy Formulation Felix Litvinsky is a Managing Director of Blackstone LaunchPad at Cornell University. Blackstone LaunchPad is an experiential university wide entrepreneurship program offering coaching, ideation and venture creation support to students, alumni, staff and faculty. Felix Litvinsky is a Founder […]
With support from The Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations, (CIHLER) students from the Cornell Nolan School and ILR School will travel to New York City to observe an actual arbitration hearing. An understanding of the arbitration process is important for students as alternative dispute resolutions is becoming increasingly popular due to its efficiency, […]